SNAKEBITE Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Well I put all the good advice into practice today and got a couple of crows. I put my 3 decoys out around some bait I got from the butchers. Hunkered down about 35 yards away in a ditch with my ghillie suit and waited. Within minutes a few came down and I managed to get one. The next few minutes were spent watching them go mad! For a while they were shy to land (I think it was the sight of their fallen comrade. I was in a dilema whether to pick it up and break cover or just leave it) Eventually they settled in again and I got another. This time they went completley ballistic and if I'd had a shottie then they would have been falling out of the sky by the dozen! They were not afraid of anything they were just mobbing the decoys. After that they went completley cold and the slightest moement on my behaly sent them packing. They had rumbled my position and it was game over. Only got 2 but it was 2 more than last week and I had a hell of a morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lizard Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Nice Work Snakey. the Lizard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 You need to make a series of tunnels like the Viet cong and when the enemy zero's your position leg it through the maze of tunnels to your next bunker Good news on the crows though well done :thumbs: LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Thanks guys. I was pleased with myself for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJaxeman Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Good shooting M8 but whats all this about a ghillie suit not home made is it I know what your DIY skills are like :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wol the hunter Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 well done on getting two.tip for you next time .dont shoot the first one he is the perfect decoy.he will tell others about food,and most definatly pick up and sit him up as a decoy.well done again black stuff are one the hardest to ambush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Cheers Wol, That's the thing that has got me going now is the fact that they are the hardest to ambush! I really like a challenge and to push my skills. Up close and personnal! The first one I shot was not the first one in the pattern. I tried to sit them up when I went to get them ut it was no use, they looked dead! I might invest in a couple of cradles but don't want too many as I'm not going to use tem that often. Not wishing to blow my own trumpet but I was really impressed with the results today as I knew I had to be spot o to get anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Cheers Wol, That's the thing that has got me going now is the fact that they are the hardest to ambush! I really like a challenge and to push my skills. Up close and personnal! The first one I shot was not the first one in the pattern. I tried to sit them up when I went to get them ut it was no use, they looked dead! I might invest in a couple of cradles but don't want too many as I'm not going to use tem that often. Not wishing to blow my own trumpet but I was really impressed with the results today as I knew I had to be spot o to get anywhere. snake when you want to use the shot ones as decoy's get some wooden kebab sticks and use them, stick them under the chin into the head and you can set them up really good. Well done on the 2 you got keep it up. :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Good shooting M8 but whats all this about a ghillie suit not home made is it I know what your DIY skills are like :thumbs: Oh yes it is home made but the research has taken months, the preperation has taken weeks and the wife helped me do it so I know it was done right! Proved it today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ratcatcher Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Well I put all the good advice into practice today and got a couple of crows. I put my 3 decoys out around some bait I got from the butchers. Hunkered down about 35 yards away in a ditch with my ghillie suit and waited. Within minutes a few came down and I managed to get one. The next few minutes were spent watching them go mad! For a while they were shy to land (I think it was the sight of their fallen comrade. I was in a dilema whether to pick it up and break cover or just leave it) Eventually they settled in again and I got another. This time they went completley ballistic and if I'd had a shottie then they would have been falling out of the sky by the dozen! They were not afraid of anything they were just mobbing the decoys. After that they went completley cold and the slightest moement on my behaly sent them packing. They had rumbled my position and it was game over. Only got 2 but it was 2 more than last week and I had a hell of a morning! good shooting, the crow is the hardest airgun quarry by far, good shooting m8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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